' Bombardier Q400 sits at the airport's ramp as it disembarks passengers from
MNL in May 2021. In 2006, the airport underwent a PHP 379.46 million-worth (US$8.72 million) rehabilitation and facility upgrade and was completed in December 2009. On October 9, 2009, President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated the renovated airport. The first aircraft to land on the rehabilitated runway was a
Fokker 70 of the
Philippine Air Force carrying the
Presidential Security Group (PSG) followed by a chartered
Dornier 328 of the Royal Star Aviation with tail number RP-C8328 carrying the presidential entourage. The chartered jet from San Miguel Corporation with tail number RP-C8576 which served as the presidential jet was last to land. The airport officially recommenced commercial operation on April 27, 2010, accommodating the first
Cebu Pacific flight from
Cebu City to Pagadian. The same airline also sent a plane from
Manila to Pagadian on June 9, 2010, which commenced the airline's Pagadian to/from Manila flight offering. Under Aquino's PPP program, the airport was entitled to a 42 million subsidy for upgrading of its facilities. This includes extension of runway, widening of taxiway, rehabilitation and improvement of passenger terminal building, improvement and expansion of vehicular parking area, construction of drainage system, and construction of perimeter fence. The airport suspended operations on April 15, 2024 to fix cracks on parts of the runway. The closure will last for one month. == References ==